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Bread And Puppet Theatre Presents A Story Of Disorder In "The New World Order", Maine Perspective Sep 1991

Bread And Puppet Theatre Presents A Story Of Disorder In "The New World Order", Maine Perspective

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In a two-day performance that mixes parade and pageantry, workshops, and audience-as-performers, the Bread and Puppet Theatre of Glover, Vt. Will give a performance of its newest work: "Columbus: The New World Order, Part I and Part II," Sept. 27 and Sept. 29 at the University of Maine.


Symposium Highlighted By Five Mainers Who Have Made A Difference In World Peace, Maine Perspective Aug 1991

Symposium Highlighted By Five Mainers Who Have Made A Difference In World Peace, Maine Perspective

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Eunice Baumann-Nelson, Robert Chandler Jr., Bernard Lown, Samantha Smith, and Doris Twitchell Allen have all lived very different lives. Yet on their journeys through life, they all shared a dream and became leaders in a quest.


Studying Society, Knowing Ourselves, Maine Perspective Nov 1990

Studying Society, Knowing Ourselves, Maine Perspective

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A looming recession. Escalating health care costs. Ethical responsibility in local government and journalism. The political and economic realities of the Persian Gulf Crisis. Social services for the homeless, families in crisis, and mentally ill. Such issues confront and challenge us on a daily basis. As members of a modern society, it is crucial that we understand ourselves and others. It is important to study society from the individual level to the level of cultures and populations, looking at the individual in interaction with other people, social systems and networks, all in an attempt to understand and appreciate the world …


Overseas Outlooks: Pluralism, Maine Perspective Nov 1990

Overseas Outlooks: Pluralism, Maine Perspective

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Pluralism, a concept which is growing in importance at the University, is easily considered in the abstract as a positive but vague goal. The USAID-sponsored CASS (Cooperative Association States for Scholarships) program is playing a significant role in transforming cultural diversity from an abstract ideal to a tangible reality.


Franco-American Center In 18th Year Of Publishing, Maine Perspective Nov 1990

Franco-American Center In 18th Year Of Publishing, Maine Perspective

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The Franco-American Center, in its 18th year of publishing, has recently published its first issue of Le F.A.R.O.G. Forum for 1990-91.


Wynton Marsalis Teaches Master Class, Maine Perspective Nov 1990

Wynton Marsalis Teaches Master Class, Maine Perspective

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Photograph of master trumpet player, Wynton Marsalis, teaching a Master Class to over 150 UMaine students.


Stratton Upbeat About A Soviety-American Jazz Band, Maine Perspective Nov 1990

Stratton Upbeat About A Soviety-American Jazz Band, Maine Perspective

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A U.S.-U.S.S.R. student/faculty exchange, the development of a professional teaching relationship, and the creation of the first Soviet-American Jazz Band are all on Don Stratton's agenda as he returns to the Soviet Union this fall.


Center Studies Possible Spirituality Beyond The Senses, Maine Perspective Nov 1990

Center Studies Possible Spirituality Beyond The Senses, Maine Perspective

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It's an artist's inspiration and in the feelings one gets looking at a spectacular sunset. It can be found in dreams, premonitions, unexplained conincidences - even near-death experiences.


Overseas Outlooks, Maine Perspective Nov 1990

Overseas Outlooks, Maine Perspective

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Around the world, from Canada to Australia, from Latin America to the Soviet Union, in Western Europe and Japan, 57 University of Maine undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled in Study Abroad programs this fall, and four are involved in student teaching experiences abroad. More students will participate during the spring semester. Wherever they go, these students, like the 50 returned Study Abroad students currently on campus, will bring back to Maine an invaluable international perspective of the U.S.A. and the world.


Maine Perspective: Campus Participation Sought For New Council On Pluralism, Maine Perspective Oct 1990

Maine Perspective: Campus Participation Sought For New Council On Pluralism, Maine Perspective

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A Standing Council on Pluralism at the University of Maine has been established to help develop, shape and foster and ideal vision of a campus which includes and celebrates cultural differences. Formation of the Council is one of Lick's responses to the recommendations set forth in the Report of the Commission on Pluralism for the University of Maine System, accepted by the Board of Trustees in January 1990.


Confluence: A Series Celebration Multicultural Expression At The University Of Maine, Maine Perspective Sep 1990

Confluence: A Series Celebration Multicultural Expression At The University Of Maine, Maine Perspective

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A calendar of public speakers scheduled by the Center for Multicultural Affairs to promote cultural diversity at the University of Maine.


Um's Children's Center Stands Ready To Assist Youngsters Fleeing Persian Gulf Crisis, Maine Perspective Sep 1990

Um's Children's Center Stands Ready To Assist Youngsters Fleeing Persian Gulf Crisis, Maine Perspective

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The University of Maine's Children's Center has been tapped by the Maine Department of Human Services to coordinate emergency child care services in the event repatriated Americans fleeing Iraq in the midst of the Persian Gulf Crisis land at Bangor International Airport.